Skull Horde

[b]RECOMMENDED[/b] (even at full price) Starts very slowly and I almost gave up on the idea this could be fun after the first hour or so. But I came back to it, and glad I did! Once you get a few upgrades and really lean into the strengths/weaknesses of each of the necromancers, it really is a blast to dive into for a 20-30m run or two. You can do runs much quicker, I just like taking my time and unleashing the power fantasy :) More maps and biomes would be a good addition, but there's enough there right now to easily get 40+ hours out of it, and much more with Endless. The pixel art is lovely, the audio fx are crunchy and satisfiying, and the soundtrack is absolutely fantastic. Real bangers. When starting out, I recommend getting inspiration from the Achievements tab in the game menu and pinning a few each run, that's what really opened up the game for me. It also helped me learn (and bother to learn) how the different Champions could work with each other. i.e. what different "builds" looked like and played like. Before I started looking in there I was really stumped how the run-to-run variation was meant to happen, given it's a rogue-like. The meta-unlocks happen quite slowly so without the build experimentation nudges from the above, I would have just done every run exactly the same and got bored grinding very quickly. Who knew an All Rats Run would be so hilariously OP... I think I'm probably not alone in that experience as the completion rates of achievements is very low. Well worth the price, as it turns out!

Game is fun, BUT gameplay is a chaotic mess! YOU, your units, your unit attacks, enemies, enemy unit attacks, ALL look identical cuz the devs made the game using only 4 colors! This causes mass confusion--especially getting hit because I literally cannot find my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fkn hero in this chaotic clusterfck. Furthermore, i'll try to get a treasure chest, but because i can't find my hero, so I swirl around it, instead...multiple times EACH stage! Like why in the holy fck couldn't the devs make your hero a bright color OPPOSITE to the clusterfk colors on-screen? To make matters even worse, you have a pointless cursor floating around; this is 100% useless except when selecting an upgrade. I have no clue why the cursor is shown during battle, as it only adds frustration to the already confusing elements. Next, 95% of upgrades i have no idea what they do. Theoretically, I think I should, but the verbiage is worded super confusing. In addition to this, MOST upgrades are double-edged swords: +5 health, -5% dmg; +10% dodge, -10% armor, etc. To me, it never feels like you're winning--just struggling to stay afloat. Also, you die when all of your troops die. There 100% needs to be a warning when you only have 1 or 2 units left (6 max), so you can regroup (dead units revive over time) instead of auto-dying out of the blue (flaming chaos clusterfck on screen). Lastly, this is one of those games where the devs refuse you to exit: pressing "Escape" does nothing, nor is there an option screen. The only way to leave this garbled mess is to either Alt+F4, Alt+Tab, or die. Game should be an 8.1. Instead, its a 2.0 of 10. It's like playing Where's Waldo, but the crowd is killing you, you're wearing drunk goggles, AND you're too drunk to have fun.

不知道为什么制作组老逼着玩家往前走干嘛，你不想让玩家刷东西你可以不设置无限重置的怪物，而不是逼着玩家去下一关，不去就给怪疯狂加数值，逼着玩家去下一关，玩家没钱怎么升级骷髅群，升级不了骷髅群那怎么打一群怪，打不了一群怪又想去刷钱升级骷髅群，升级骷髅群又逼着玩家走，玩家不走又给怪加数值，玩家又要被迫去下一层，下一层打不了一群怪，又想去刷钱，反复折磨啊。

I'm gonna be honest: I initially completely passed this game over because the thumbnail art looked like AI. That was a mistake. If you like playing summoning builds in other games, you're gonna love this. If you like autobattlers, you're gonna love this. I would recommend this even at full price, but if it's on sale, you'd be a fool not to check this out.

Ultimately disappointing. I misunderstood the reviews complaining about the grind. I don't mind a grind, but the advancement isn't satisfying and the gameplay doesn't leave room for variation. People raved about the music, and trust me, Skull Horde has one of the best trailers I've ever seen... but I never saw any of that cool stuff play out in game, and the music was fairly bland for my expectations.

Game is great, until you take some bad hits and lose too many guys - recovery is pretty much impossible. You either die, or spend 15 minutes trying to move around to respawn enough units and then die. It turns a great experience into absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

休闲刷子小游戏的命，得了操作经营战略游戏的病，前期本来玩着玩着挺好，越往后越累 前后内容核心玩法相当割裂，跟肉鸽刷子游戏已经不沾边了，纯纯靠经营和操作，相当诈骗了 喜欢经营半天最后被团灭的赶紧买完完事了嗷 想解压的赶紧划走吧

Simple but fun. Hoping to see more content but only because it has a lot of potential to add more classes and levels, the game is already pretty well stacked with content and unlockables.